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affair: 這件事 this affair, this business;
國事，家事 national, family affairs;
人事 personnel (problems);
公事，私事 public, private affairs;
萬事 all: 萬事如意 have all one's wishes;
風流韻事 a romantic affair, a scholar's gathering;
事不干己 the affair does not concern one;
事急，事忙 matter is urgent, business is pressing;
事半功倍 half the work with double results;
事倍功半 twice the work with half of results.
(2) Fact, event, happening: 事實 [shi4shi2]↓;
事與願違 events do not happen as one wishes;
事過境遷 events have passed and times have changed;
事出有因 this happens not without reason;
事前，事後 before, after the event;
喜事 happy event (wedding, celebration);
喪事 funeral;
紅白事 happy and unhappy events;
事故，事端 [shi4gu4], [shi4duan1]↓.
(3) Trouble, accident, undesirable event: 出事 have an accident (in travel);
肇事 cause trouble, a row;
事變 [shi4bian4]↓;
平安無事 all is well;
多事之秋 year of many troubles;
大事化為小事，小事化為無事 reduce a big trouble into a small one, and a small one into nothing;
省事 save trouble;
費事 takes a lot of doing;
少管閒事 don't meddle in others’ affairs;
造謠生事 cause trouble by spreading rumors;
惹事生非 be meddlesome;
了事 close a dispute, lawsuit;
息事寧人 stop dispute and live and let live;
舉事，起事 start rebellion;
事到如今 things have come to such a pass that.
(4) Matter in gen., matters: 這是怎麼一回事 What is all this? 醫事 medical matters;
政事 politics, government;
軍事 military matters or affairs;
任事 take charge of matters;
史事 historical matters;
軼事，趣事 anecdotes;
房事 sexual intercourse;
月事 menstruation.
(5) Oft. part of title: 董事，理事 board directors;
監事 supervisor;
幹事 executive officer, secretary or manager;
推事 judge;
通事 formerly, official interpreter of foreign language;
領事 consul;
執事 (LL) oft. used in letters like 先生 you, sir;
管事 men in charge;
縣知事 county magistrate.
不事生產 does not attend to business or hold a job;
從事教育 devote oneself to education;
無所事事 do nothing all day.
(2) To serve: 事親，事君 serve parents, ruler.
2.事情 [shi4qing2], n., (1) course of events, story; (2) ([shi4qing0]) affair, event: 這件事情 this affair; 沒有事情 nothing has happened; 有什麼事情 what is up?
3.事權 [shi4qUan2], n., duties and responsibilities (of an official), legal power in a case.
4.事端 [shi4duan1], n., an event, a dispute: 引起事端 causes disputes.
5.事故（兒） [shi4gu4]([er0]), n., an affair; some trouble.
6.事蹟 [shi4ji1]1, n., record of events, a person's activities.
7.事機 [shi4ji1]2, n., crux of a situation, happenings behind the scenes.
8.事件 [shi4jian4], n., an event, an item of business: 這些事件交給你 you will take charge of these several items; 事件發生 something happens.
9.事主 [shi4zhu3], n., party in an accident dealing or lawsuit.
10.事兒 [shi4er0], n., see [shi4qing2]↑.
11.事例 [shi4li4], n., case history, case law.
12.事略 [shi4lUe4], n., brief biographical sketch.
13.事項 [shi4xiang4], n., item of business, see [shi4jian4]↑.
14.事先 [shi4xian1], adv., prior to event.
15.事勢 [shi4shi4]1, n., trend of events.
16.事事 [shi4shi4]2, pron., everything: 事事小心 be careful in everything.
17.事實 [shi4shi2], n., fact: 事實如此 that is the fact; n., 事實上 [shi4shi2shang4], adv., as a matter of fact, factually (impossible, etc.).
18.事畜 [shi4xU4], v.i., (LL) to serve (parents) and raise (children).
19.事態 [shi4tai4], n., the look of things, situation, circumstances.
20.事體 [shi4ti3], n., business (important, unimportant): 事體
單，複雜 matter is simple, complicated. 21.事物 [shi4wu4]1, n., things, articles, objects: 各種事物 different things (coats, umbrellas, etc.).
22.事務 [shi4wu4]2, n., business, business duties, gen. affairs; 事務員 (also wr. 庶務) man in business office in charge of business side (outings, arrangements, etc.); 事務所 business office (as of lawyer, doctor).
23.事樣兒 [shi4yang4er0], n., look or appearance of things: 成什麼事樣兒 what will it look like?
24.事業 [shi4ye4], n., (1) a man's business or life work, career; (2) business enterprise: 公共事業 a public enterprise.
25.事宜 [shi4yi2], n., (official) event, case, subject dealt with.
26.事由 [shi4you2], n., story (of event, dispute, etc.); n., 事由兒 [shi4you2er0], n., some kind of work or event: 什麼事由兒他也做 he'll take up any kind of work.